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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 63. <br></br> Medical decisions at the hearing level or above, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       9,027</td>
<td class="r data">       7,564</td>
<td class="r data">    83.8</td>
<td class="r data">       5,661</td>
<td class="r data">       4,903</td>
<td class="r data">    86.6</td>
<td class="r data">       3,366</td>
<td class="r data">       2,661</td>
<td class="r data">    79.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      10,339</td>
<td class="r data">       8,438</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">       6,480</td>
<td class="r data">       5,465</td>
<td class="r data">    84.3</td>
<td class="r data">       3,859</td>
<td class="r data">       2,973</td>
<td class="r data">    77.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      12,198</td>
<td class="r data">       9,534</td>
<td class="r data">    78.2</td>
<td class="r data">       7,463</td>
<td class="r data">       6,127</td>
<td class="r data">    82.1</td>
<td class="r data">       4,735</td>
<td class="r data">       3,407</td>
<td class="r data">    72.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      12,862</td>
<td class="r data">       9,553</td>
<td class="r data">    74.3</td>
<td class="r data">       7,770</td>
<td class="r data">       5,999</td>
<td class="r data">    77.2</td>
<td class="r data">       5,092</td>
<td class="r data">       3,554</td>
<td class="r data">    69.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      13,072</td>
<td class="r data">       8,973</td>
<td class="r data">    68.6</td>
<td class="r data">       7,811</td>
<td class="r data">       5,672</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">       5,261</td>
<td class="r data">       3,301</td>
<td class="r data">    62.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      14,208</td>
<td class="r data">       9,375</td>
<td class="r data">    66.0</td>
<td class="r data">       8,650</td>
<td class="r data">       6,063</td>
<td class="r data">    70.1</td>
<td class="r data">       5,558</td>
<td class="r data">       3,312</td>
<td class="r data">    59.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      14,001</td>
<td class="r data">       9,186</td>
<td class="r data">    65.6</td>
<td class="r data">       8,656</td>
<td class="r data">       5,985</td>
<td class="r data">    69.1</td>
<td class="r data">       5,345</td>
<td class="r data">       3,201</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      10,922</td>
<td class="r data">       7,359</td>
<td class="r data">    67.4</td>
<td class="r data">       7,011</td>
<td class="r data">       5,036</td>
<td class="r data">    71.8</td>
<td class="r data">       3,911</td>
<td class="r data">       2,323</td>
<td class="r data">    59.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       4,831</td>
<td class="r data">       3,305</td>
<td class="r data">    68.4</td>
<td class="r data">       3,123</td>
<td class="r data">       2,285</td>
<td class="r data">    73.2</td>
<td class="r data">       1,708</td>
<td class="r data">       1,020</td>
<td class="r data">    59.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         581</td>
<td class="r data">         379</td>
<td class="r data">    65.2</td>
<td class="r data">         395</td>
<td class="r data">         282</td>
<td class="r data">    71.4</td>
<td class="r data">         186</td>
<td class="r data">          97</td>
<td class="r data">    52.2</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       8,709</td>
<td class="r data">       7,314</td>
<td class="r data">    84.0</td>
<td class="r data">       5,499</td>
<td class="r data">       4,767</td>
<td class="r data">    86.7</td>
<td class="r data">       3,210</td>
<td class="r data">       2,547</td>
<td class="r data">    79.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      10,017</td>
<td class="r data">       8,192</td>
<td class="r data">    81.8</td>
<td class="r data">       6,319</td>
<td class="r data">       5,340</td>
<td class="r data">    84.5</td>
<td class="r data">       3,698</td>
<td class="r data">       2,852</td>
<td class="r data">    77.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      11,799</td>
<td class="r data">       9,255</td>
<td class="r data">    78.4</td>
<td class="r data">       7,260</td>
<td class="r data">       5,978</td>
<td class="r data">    82.3</td>
<td class="r data">       4,539</td>
<td class="r data">       3,277</td>
<td class="r data">    72.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      12,511</td>
<td class="r data">       9,295</td>
<td class="r data">    74.3</td>
<td class="r data">       7,593</td>
<td class="r data">       5,868</td>
<td class="r data">    77.3</td>
<td class="r data">       4,918</td>
<td class="r data">       3,427</td>
<td class="r data">    69.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      12,673</td>
<td class="r data">       8,699</td>
<td class="r data">    68.6</td>
<td class="r data">       7,615</td>
<td class="r data">       5,529</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">       5,058</td>
<td class="r data">       3,170</td>
<td class="r data">    62.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      13,744</td>
<td class="r data">       9,087</td>
<td class="r data">    66.1</td>
<td class="r data">       8,433</td>
<td class="r data">       5,912</td>
<td class="r data">    70.1</td>
<td class="r data">       5,311</td>
<td class="r data">       3,175</td>
<td class="r data">    59.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      13,589</td>
<td class="r data">       8,909</td>
<td class="r data">    65.6</td>
<td class="r data">       8,448</td>
<td class="r data">       5,839</td>
<td class="r data">    69.1</td>
<td class="r data">       5,141</td>
<td class="r data">       3,070</td>
<td class="r data">    59.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      10,596</td>
<td class="r data">       7,166</td>
<td class="r data">    67.6</td>
<td class="r data">       6,856</td>
<td class="r data">       4,931</td>
<td class="r data">    71.9</td>
<td class="r data">       3,740</td>
<td class="r data">       2,235</td>
<td class="r data">    59.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       4,675</td>
<td class="r data">       3,201</td>
<td class="r data">    68.5</td>
<td class="r data">       3,033</td>
<td class="r data">       2,217</td>
<td class="r data">    73.1</td>
<td class="r data">       1,642</td>
<td class="r data">         984</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         562</td>
<td class="r data">         364</td>
<td class="r data">    64.8</td>
<td class="r data">         381</td>
<td class="r data">         270</td>
<td class="r data">    70.9</td>
<td class="r data">         181</td>
<td class="r data">          94</td>
<td class="r data">    51.9</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         306</td>
<td class="r data">         243</td>
<td class="r data">    79.4</td>
<td class="r data">         156</td>
<td class="r data">         131</td>
<td class="r data">    84.0</td>
<td class="r data">         150</td>
<td class="r data">         112</td>
<td class="r data">    74.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         308</td>
<td class="r data">         239</td>
<td class="r data">    77.6</td>
<td class="r data">         152</td>
<td class="r data">         120</td>
<td class="r data">    78.9</td>
<td class="r data">         156</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">    76.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         376</td>
<td class="r data">         273</td>
<td class="r data">    72.6</td>
<td class="r data">         187</td>
<td class="r data">         144</td>
<td class="r data">    77.0</td>
<td class="r data">         189</td>
<td class="r data">         129</td>
<td class="r data">    68.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         340</td>
<td class="r data">         255</td>
<td class="r data">    75.0</td>
<td class="r data">         169</td>
<td class="r data">         128</td>
<td class="r data">    75.7</td>
<td class="r data">         171</td>
<td class="r data">         127</td>
<td class="r data">    74.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         389</td>
<td class="r data">         270</td>
<td class="r data">    69.4</td>
<td class="r data">         194</td>
<td class="r data">         142</td>
<td class="r data">    73.2</td>
<td class="r data">         195</td>
<td class="r data">         128</td>
<td class="r data">    65.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         455</td>
<td class="r data">         284</td>
<td class="r data">    62.4</td>
<td class="r data">         212</td>
<td class="r data">         149</td>
<td class="r data">    70.3</td>
<td class="r data">         243</td>
<td class="r data">         135</td>
<td class="r data">    55.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         397</td>
<td class="r data">         270</td>
<td class="r data">    68.0</td>
<td class="r data">         199</td>
<td class="r data">         140</td>
<td class="r data">    70.4</td>
<td class="r data">         198</td>
<td class="r data">         130</td>
<td class="r data">    65.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         318</td>
<td class="r data">         192</td>
<td class="r data">    60.4</td>
<td class="r data">         150</td>
<td class="r data">         104</td>
<td class="r data">    69.3</td>
<td class="r data">         168</td>
<td class="r data">          88</td>
<td class="r data">    52.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         154</td>
<td class="r data">         102</td>
<td class="r data">    66.2</td>
<td class="r data">          88</td>
<td class="r data">          66</td>
<td class="r data">    75.0</td>
<td class="r data">          66</td>
<td class="r data">          36</td>
<td class="r data">    54.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">    78.9</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    58.3</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    50.0</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">          23</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    26.1</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    27.3</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">    37.5</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">          10</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    44.4</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    46.7</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through July 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> A revised process was introduced on October 1, 1999, in 10 states, under which initial denials could be appealed directly to the hearing level without a reconsideration. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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